ArticleLeigh Day Womens Rights In Healthcare Event Looks At The MenopauseThe menopause is the time when a person stops having menstrual periods and the ovaries lose their reproductive function.United KingdomFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesLeigh Day
ArticleGovernment Announces U-Turn Over A-level GradingEarlier today Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announced that teachers' predictions, known as Centre Assessment Grades (CAGs) would be used to grade students' A-level performance.United KingdomConsumer ProtectionLeigh Day
ArticleLaw Firm Threatening Legal Action Over A-level GradesLaw firm threatening legal action over A-level grades.United KingdomConsumer ProtectionLeigh Day
ArticleMHRA Drug Safety Update: Severe And Fatal Burns Risk With EmollientsOn 29 July 2020, The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announced it has partnered with the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC), Fire and Rescue Services and...United KingdomConsumer ProtectionLeigh Day
ArticleRacism And The Lambeth Redress Scheme; What Will We Learn From IICSAAlison Millar, head of the abuse team at Leigh Day, discusses the role racial injustice and institutional racism may have played in the incidence of abuse amongst black children in Lambeth Council...United KingdomEmployment and HRLeigh Day
ArticleFriends Of The Earth Challenges British Government Investment In Mozambique Gas ProjectFriends of the Earth has issued a legal challenge to the decision by the Department of Trade to invest USD 1 billion in a major gas project off the coast of Mozambique.United KingdomEnergy and Natural ResourcesLeigh Day
ArticleCampaign To Have Cygnus Report Published Is SuccessfulA six-month campaign led by an NHS doctor to have the full report into a pandemic preparation exercise published has successfully forced United KingdomFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesLeigh Day
ArticleFirst Do No Harm: Outcomes From The Cumberlege ReviewAs the third annual Women's Rights in Healthcare event moved online this year, in the form of weekly webinars throughout autumn, the first in the series took a closer look at the Cumberlege Review and discussed the ‘First Do No Harm' report.United KingdomFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesLeigh Day
ArticleLegal Challenge To Government's Failure To Investigate Russian Threat To UK Democratic ProcessesA cross-party group of Parliamentarians and democracy campaign group, the Citizens has issued court proceedings.United KingdomGovernment, Public SectorLeigh Day
ArticleSuits You, Sir?In recent weeks, I have had cause to reflect on the peculiar demands on us as solicitors of delivering difficult or unwelcome advice to clients of all stripes.United KingdomLaw Department PerformanceLeigh Day
ArticleThe Forgotten Impact Of Covid-19 On ChildrenHave we forgotten about children while responding to Covid-19? Alison Millar and Marek Marczynski discuss the impact of the UK Government's Covid response on children.United KingdomCoronavirus (COVID-19)Leigh Day
ArticleDelays In The Diagnosis Of Bowel Cancer And The Impact Of COVID-19A delay in diagnosis of any cancer can have devastating implications for the chance of successful treatment, which is why it is so important that people recognise ...United KingdomCoronavirus (COVID-19)Leigh Day
ArticleIICSA Publishes Report Into Sexual Abuse Within Anglican ChurchThe IICSA report, published Tuesday, 6 October, said: "Convictions of sexual abuse of children by people who were clergy or in positions of trust associated with the Church date back to the 1940s.United KingdomCriminal LawLeigh Day
ArticleFormer Dyson Engineer Succeeds In Harassment And Discrimination ClaimBristol Employment Tribunal upheld three allegations of harassment related to religion and one allegation of religious discrimination brought by senior electronic systems engineer...United KingdomEmployment and HRLeigh Day
ArticleMen's Health Awareness Month: Prostate CancerIn the first of our blogs for Men's Health Awareness Month, Anna Brothers discusses prostate cancer.United KingdomFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesLeigh Day
ArticleThe Digitisation Of Healthcare ProductsIn 2020, it is safe to say that technology has revolutionised the life of consumers. The fast-paced digital growth has altered consumer expectations drastically, ...United KingdomFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesLeigh Day
ArticleJudges To Consider Legal Challenge To New Planning LawsA legal bid to halt sweeping changes to planning laws in the UK will be heard in October.United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionLeigh Day
ArticleAccess To Remedy And COVID-19 In The Business And Human Rights FieldRecent data shows that more than 140 countries have imposed various forms of lockdown measures since the start of the COVID-19 crisis.WorldwideGovernment, Public SectorLeigh Day
ArticleCould Asbestos Be Hiding In Your Cosmetics? What Consumers In The UK Should KnowMillions apply cosmetics daily without considering potential asbestos contamination in talc-based products like face powder and eyeshadow. This examination reveals how asbestos fibres can infiltrate makeup during the mining process, the devastating health risks posed by contaminated cosmetics, and the legal rights available to consumers who have suffered harm from exposure to these dangerous products. United KingdomConsumer ProtectionLeigh Day
ArticleMenopause And Perineal InjuryLeigh Day's weekly webinars for the Women's Rights in Healthcare series continue to cover important topics that have low public awareness, variable quality of care and treatment, and often...United KingdomFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesLeigh Day